This record is a little odd. As far as I can tell it was fairly recently
changed by an automated OCLC function that replaced an entry for Art in
America as a serial with the entry for the musical group. The reason why
so many libraries have it and nobody has corrected it is that it looks
just fine in most people's catalogue.
Incidently, I went into OCLC and changed the record back to the way it
was before.
Best,
David.
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Emory University
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Raymond Smith wrote:
>As someone who uses OCLC WorldCat occasionally for bibliographic research, I
>am often amused if not totally shocked by some of the felicitously incorrect
>contributions. I was looking up a book titled The Artist in America,
>Compiled by The Editors of Art in America, and published by W.W. Norton in
>1967, to determine its authorship (i.e., Art in America? Editors of Art in
>America? Lloyd Goodrich, introduction?).
>
> What I found was a complete surprise. The author is Art in America (A
>Musical Group).
>
>Here's the citation in brief:
>
>The Artist in America.
>Art in America (Musical group)
>1967 [1st ed.]
>English Book 256 p. illus. 29 cm.
>New York, Norton
>
>
>---------------------------------
>
>This is the only citation for this book in OCLC. It indicates 1199
>libraries own this book. Do all of these librarians accept Art in America
>as a rock band, a singing group, a jazz combo, or a string quartet perhaps?
>I'm trying hard to imagine then septuagenerians Jean Lipman, Mary Black and
>Lloyd Goodrich in any of these roles; unfortunately OCLC is rather vague
>about the kind of musical group they formed.
>
> As subscribers, we are encouraged to add comments or reviews. I have
>offered a correction but have no idea if it will be accepted or included.
>Oh for the good old fashioned National Union Catalogue.
>
> Do librarians write these bibliographic entries, or are they outsourced
>to the overseas editors of Rolling Stone?
>
> Raymond Smith / R.W. Smith Bookseller
> New Haven
>
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